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Thingamajig answer

by Alethea Drexler archives assistant The research center will be closed until Monday for the Thanksgiving holiday, so I’m moving the blog post up a couple of days. Last week’s Thingamajig was an H.G Fischer x-ray power source.  A similar one can be seen here at the online Museum of Electrotherapy.  The Museum’s model may […]

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Thingamajig

by Alethea Drexler archives assistant Hey, it’s the Thingamajig!   Remember the Thingamajig?  I almost didn’t, either! This edition of Thingamajig features an object that has been hanging out at the McGovern Research Center for a long time but was only recently identified (yes, I will be able to post an answer for you next week). […]

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Some of our favorite websites

by Alethea Drexler archives assistant I’m sure you’ve noticed that I like to link to other pages in my blog posts.  Phil and I have come across some very interesting, and often very fun, websites–usually while trying in vain to uncover the identity of a Thingamajig–and he suggested that we do a post to share […]

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Sanborn Viso Cardiette model 51

by Alethea Drexler Archives assistant Phil Montgomery is setting up a display of vintage medical machines today in the main library.  I thought I’d share one of them with our blog readers.  If you’re in the library, I hope you’ll go see it in person. This is the Sanborn Viso-Cardiette, model 51, a portable (“portable” […]

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Medical moulage

by Alethea Drexler Archives assistant We have a new toy at the Research Center, and just in time for Hallowe’en! Archivist Phil Montgomery joined our department this past spring after a stretch with the Woodson Research Center at Rice University.  In the 1920’s, the Woodson was home to the Rice Parasite Museum, which Phil says […]

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